Exclusive report on the effects of the devestating 26.12.2003 earthquake on the historical remains of Bam, Iran
Merv, Turkmenistan
January 7, 2004
Filed Under: Issue 3, Features, Turkmenistan
Excavations in the Unbelievers City at Merv have revealed a workers’ quarter and evidence for steel making in the 9th century AD
Jordan
A look at recent archaeology in Jordan with a special focus on the reconstruction of the Neolithic village of Beidha
Chitral, Pakistan
A royal fort in the Hindu Kush, and its seige in 1895: Bill Woodburn and Neil Faulkner report
United Arab Emirates: Houses Dating to 5,000 BC
Oldest buildings of their type discovered on island of Marawah
Fieldwork Bursaries
A note for budding archaeologists! The Schools Committee of the Roman Society and the Roman Research Trust have teamed up to offer fieldwork bursaries for those sixteen to eighteen year olds who want to experience Roman archaeology. Bursaries are designed to cover costs of up to £150 per week on an archaeological project. For details [...]
Italy, Albania, and Macedonia
Richard Hodges describes his latest travels in Italy, Greece and Albania
Archaeology of Christianity in Africa
The Archaeology of Christianity in Africa Niall Finneran (Tempus £19.99) The Archaeology of Christianity in Africa covers a wide span. It begins with the brief, but brilliant, flourishing of Christianity in North Africa, to be extinguished after two or three centuries by the spread of Islam. However, the major part of the book looks at [...]
Seventy Great Mysteries of Ancient Egypt
The Seventy Great Mysteries of Ancient Egypt Ed. Bill Manley, Thames and Hudson, £24.95 Were the pyramids built by slaves? Did the pharaohs marry their sisters? Are there more royal tombs yet to be discovered in Egypt? These are just three of the 70 mysteries broached by 17 eminent Egyptologists and archaeologists in this all-colour [...]
Lost Civilisations
Lost Civilisations looks at some 20 archaeological sites from around the world. The author has a wide selection, with five from America, though surprisingly none from Egypt. The inclusion of Atlantis will raise some eyebrows, but in fact, he produces a sane account, concluding with a description of the eruption of Thera; though he also [...]
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